I O GOLDEN Joys of Summer! O days and nights in June! O freshness of the morning! O radiance of noon! O the subtle scents of evening! O the shadows in the lane When the moonlight floods each arching bough with amethystine rain! II O happy days of Summer, when the mowers mow all day! O the jocund shouts of children amid the tumbled hay! The oldest and the youngest a-working with a will, As the big, broad sun goes shouldering the church-tower from the hill. III O first-fruits of the Summer! O pathways bright with flowers! O the redolence of roses amid the dreaming hours! O days of golden rapture! O nights perfumed with sighs! O the boon grace of living when Eden round us lies! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS VISION by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SAVING WAY by HAYDEN CARRUTH ABOVE HALF MOON by JAMES GALVIN SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: BARNEY HAINSFEATHER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. PURKAPILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |